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Higher adherence to the DASH diet is inversely associated with adiposity measures, including BMI, body fat percentage, and visceral adipose tissue (VAT), in young adults.
Improving your DASH score not only helps your blood sugar but also helps manage body fat and visceral fat. By focusing on the components of the DASH diet (more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy, less sodium and saturated fat), you can naturally support a healthier body composition without necessarily needing to restrict calories aggressively.
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At the follow-up visit, higher DASH scores were associated with lower BMI (β = −1.64, 95% CI: −3.17, −0.11), body fat percent (β = −1.79, 95% CI: −3.01, −0.57), and fat mass to height ratio
Why this rating
Longitudinal data with DEXA scans providing detailed body composition analysis.
Source
Diet Quality Is Associated with Glucose Regulation in a Cohort of Young Adults
E. Jane Costello et al. · Nutrients · 2022
DOI 10.3390/nu14183734
cohort · n=155Cited 25×
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